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Researchers identify 33 molecules that can target 1 COVID-19 protein
Researchers at the Bengaluru-based National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) have identified 33 small molecules out of 3, 30,000 that can target one protein — NSP1 — in the Sars-Cov-2 virus, which causes Covid-19. Identifying these molecules may help with drug discovery and examining existing drugs, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), that can be repurposed to treat Covid-19.
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STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: HOW BUTTERFLY CATERPILLARS SUSTAIN THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH COCKTAIL ANTS
Advanced X-ray MicroCT technology offers unparalleled insights into the functional morphology of specialized organs that mediate interactions between butterfly caterpillars and their ant hosts
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Behind the scenes of the BLiSC testing effort: About our contributors
The COVID-19 pandemic is upon us! The nation has been through prolonged lockdowns, yet the rising case numbers have kept up the relentless demand on testing.
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Tuberculosis: A mutiny against mycobacteria
Tuberculosis (TB), popularly known as the White Plague, is one of the world’s deadliest infections. ‘Consuming’ millions of lives, the disease owes its success to the fervent microbe, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) that has been using every trick under its sleeve to outwit the host. Consequently, an understanding of host-microbe interactions has been of paramount importance to combat TB.
Dr. Varadharajan Sundaramurthy and his team of researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences have been making significant progress in this front.
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A damselfly’s colours have more to them than adding to the looks
In the study, published in the journal Ecological Entomology, Shantanu Joshi and Dr.
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NCBS Archives tells stories of how science blossomed here
Letters, photographs, old instruments and notebooks are among 50,000 objects at the Archives.December 4, 1987: In just about legible cursive handwriting, Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick writes a letter to Obaid Siddiqi, professor at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, apologising for failing to come and meet him in Mumbai. Now the letter lies carefully placed in a paper file, inside a small cardboard box, in a steel locker at the Archives of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru. -
Scientists use virtual reality to know how insects find objects
Arguing that little is known about how insects combine different sensory stimuli to find and get to objects of their interest given their size and agility, a team of researchers from National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bengaluru has created a virtual reality
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Researchers Find Three New Gecko Species In Western Ghats
The three new species were discovered in granite boulder habitats on the southern edge of the Mysore plateau by a team including which comprised of scientists from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Thackeray Wildlife Foundation and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore.
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Using virtual reality to understand how insects fly
“Insects are one of the very few groups of organisms that have evolved mastery of the skies, which is one of the major contributors to their immense diversity,” says Dr Shannon B. Olsson, Associate Professor at NCBS, who led the study.
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First-ever study in India investigates a rare type of cancer caused by a virus
In the first-ever study from India, researchers at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru and the Tata Memorial Hospital,
